Led by the region's finest teachers, the Hudson Valley Writing Project offers children and teens unique writing and learning experiences at local cultural and historic sites, nature preserves, and college campuses.

AGES 7-9

WONDROUS WRITERS SUNY New Paltz July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Curiosity is the best inspiration for writing! Together, we will explore all sorts of questions as we write, make art, and discover our favorite places on the college campus.

EVERYONE IS A WRITER SUNY New Paltz July 15-19 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $295Imaginations soar in this unique camp where we will learn to think like writers, experimenting with many kinds of writing and gathering inspiration from creating art, playing games, and reading children's books.

MAKING BOOKS Berea Elementary School, Montgomery July 15-19 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275Enjoy a week reading the best picture books around! We'll notice and name what other authors and illustrators do in order to write and draw our very own picture books.

WRITE ON THE FARM Poughkeepsie Farm Project July 29-Aug 2 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $195Join us as we explore a community farm together! Hands-on activities will inspire our writing and creativity as we grow, harvest, cook, and eat delicious, farm-fresh food.

AGES 10-12

WRITING FOR FUN SUNY New Paltz July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Exciting writing prompts, art activities, and inspiring visits to the campus art museum and planetarium will spark our creativity as we learn about and practice the craft of writing.

CREATING COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS SUNY New Paltz July 15-19 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $295 Who doesn't love a story with pictures? We will explore comics, graphic novels, and more as we develop our own characters, write dialogue, and illustrate our original stories to create exciting new texts.

AGES 10-14

STEP BACK IN TIME Museum Village, Monroe July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $195 At this unique open-air museum, we will learn about 19th century engineering and crafts - woodworking, candle making, blacksmithing, weaving - using hands-on games and activities to inspire our drawing and writing.

BECOMING AUTHORS & ARTISTS Storm King Art Center, New Windsor July 22-26 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $295 This world famous sculpture park is the perfect setting to write, learn about and make art, while exploring the park's rolling hills, fields, meadows, and woodlands.

WRITE THEN, WRITE NOW Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz July 29-Aug 2 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $195 Discover your creativity and your voice as a writer as we travel between the past and the present, exploring colonial-era stone houses and artifacts, a working community farm, and a magical wildlife sanctuary.

AGES 12-14

WRITING SCI-FI & FANTASY SUNY New Paltz July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Immerse yourself in a world of your own creation! Let your imagination loose and create a world in writing and art by developing characters, mapping out the places they live, and dreaming up an adventurous plot.

FROM PLAYWRITING TO PERFORMANCE SUNY New Paltz July 15-19 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $295 In this playwriting workshop, we will take our writing from the page to the stage! Working together, we'll craft characters, produce exciting scenes, and bring our words to life in our very own production.

AGES 12-16

COURAGEOUS WRITERS Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Hyde Park July 22-26 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $195 We will write and explore the power of history to inform the future as we hike beautiful parklands, visit FDR's Presidential Library, his family home, the Vanderbilt estate, and Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-kill.

AGES 13-17

WRITING THE COLLEGE ESSAY SUNY New Paltz: July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Vassar College: July 22-26 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 A good college essay communicates who you are and what you believe. Together we will study essays that work, brainstorm topics, and learn how to organize our ideas as we write in a relaxed, supportive setting. For rising juniors and seniors.

TEEN WRITERS INSTITUTE SUNY New Paltz: July 8-12 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Vassar College: July 29-Aug 2 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $275 Working in a creative workshop setting, we will tell our stories through personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We'll share ideas and respond to each other's work as we polish our writing for an anthology.

RISE UP & WRITE SUNY New Paltz July 15-19 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m. | $295 Join teens in advocating for a more just world! We will develop our individual and collective definitions of social justice as we explore important issues and learn to research, write, and speak as agents of change.